Justice surgery a success

Keeping in mind that the clinical definition of successful surgery is basically any procedure where no unforseen complications arise and the patient still has a heartbeat, the arthroscopic cleanout performed on Eagles tackle Winston Justice's left knee yesterday was as much of a relief as it was a success.

Justice confirmed in a text message today that no further surgery would be needed on his left knee, which means no microfracture surgery, which means a sigh of relief that could be heard across state lines.

As for returning to the level of play before he injured his knee in early December, that's something we might not know for a good long time if this NFL labor situation isn't resolved.

In the meantime, no word yet on how the Eagles will fill the void left by the curious departure on Monday of assistant offensive coordinator James Urban, who had just been promoted from quarterbacks coach less than two weeks earlier.